Improvement in cigar-machiwes



J. 0. HINTZ. CIGAR MACHINE.

Patented Oct. 5, 1869.

0., WASHINGTON u c 'To allwhom it may concern;

ilinited ea-m JOHN G. H'INTZ,,O.F C;I-NCI.NN'-A5TI, onto.

Letters Patent lines-gas, amt Cctcber 5, 1369.

M l I r IMPROVEMENT .m' ctGAR-tnq'mnns.

l ke Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same:

Be it known that I, JOHNIOQHINTZ, of the city of Gincinnathin the county of Hamilton; and State-of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Machine-for Manufacturing Cigars; and I-do berebydeclare that the following is a full,- clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to' the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- I I Figure 1 is an isometric view'of one of my machines proper, '(or, more properly speaking, one half of my complete machine, there being two machines, one mak ing the right and'the other the left-hand cigar';)

Figure 2 is a skeleton side elevation of some of the more important parts of my machine; I v

Figure 3 is asimilar end elevation of my machine,

' showing also some oft-he more important parts thereof;

and

Figure 4 is a section of the ibrming-mller 0, and the upper and netbcrabedsK and L, the band ,N, and the cigar O"', all in the position they occupy at the' moment when-the cigar is completed.

. (In all these four figures, the same letters refer to the same things.)

Figure 5 is an isometric projection of a machine which is use'd'to cut the hand and wrapper for the cigars; and

Figure 6-is another machine, used for cutting the fillers for the cigars, both of which are adapted for use in connection with my cigar-machine.

A is the main or driving-shaft. v

B is-a large drum, upon which are mounted four cams, which give motion to the litters I, I, I, and l and another which givesmo'tion to the lever B B and the break 13'.

G is a cam on A, which gives motion to the bentor elbowed lever J, and through it. to the other bent lever J, and thence through the bar or arm J", to the uppci bed K,-a reverse movement being eflected in the ret-urn stroke, by means of the contact ofthe arm J with the stop j.

I) is an eccentric, also on .the main'shaft' A, which transmits motion, through the pitman E,to',the traveise-bar F, the lower end of which is hinged in the strut F, whichis securely fixed to the franieZ.

F connects, by .means of the shackle-bar G, with. the carriagejH, to which .itgives an alternatingrectiliuearmovement on the ways 1 T is another cam on A, which lifts-the end of the arm T, intofwhich thestrut T is hinged, and so sit: nated that its upper end engages the seveial'pins, one after another, situated in the head S of the feed-drum 1 P, causing it to revolve one-sixth of a-revolution for every revolution of A.

Bis a hollow bed or carriage, having: upon its 'upper side the beds or plattbrms K, L, and L, and at tached to its front end thc, hopper TV. This bed has a movement-on the ways Hf, back. and forth, so as to bring the tables, and other parts required, undei' the forming-roller O, which movement is communicated by D, as above described. l

I i I 1" 1 are four separate lifters-Which give motion to the levers i, t", t'fian'd 13, and these, in turn, give motion'to the'seve'ralgates, slides, or frames 1 t i. i, all in a downward direction; and as soonas thelii'teis escape from their respective cams on B, they are brought back to their original position by the action of the spiral springsattached to I I, &c. v

M is a t'eed-box,supplied withan apron, b", .upon

which the filling for the cigars is placed, after haying been cut to the proper length by the machine shown infigzli. I v

I) is an arm,'hinged upon thecommon spindlelor arbor of b, and the. roller under-b". This is the feedapparatus, by which the band b is made to-carry for ward the filling sutlicient for one cigar at each revolution of the machine, the otherai'nl smaller roller. in M being seen at l j N isa band, usuallyot' leather or India rubber, having one of its endssecnred to the underside of'the bed K, and the other to the roller a". This strap or band, when the machine is in the position shown in full lines in fig. 2, depends, as seen at N, loosely. The bed K. having forced back to'the position shown by dottedlines t t Z], fig. 3, is ready to receive the fill ing U, which has been cut from the mass-lying on the feed-band I)", received in the-crib Q, compressed into a somewhat compact'fojrm and circular shapeby the cover t t",

The bed H, as it moves on', brings the arm J' in contact with the stop and slide j, which forces K back to its original position, by whichthe band N is short ened, and the same movement of H disengages the lower end of the m-nic from contact with a movable pin, x,"in the flame, at any required point in the motion, when the spring a" at onceacts on the lower end of the arm a, holding it close to the movablepiu, thus causing the band-drum or where to revolve, so as to shorten the band N up to any required length or tightness ofwiapping around or upon the cigar, which, by

these combined movements, has been brought into the posit-ionback of, and partially under the thrilling-roller O,- as seen at U, fig.'2, the band N, meanwhile, having, by these same movements, been brought up tightly around the cigar, and-into the position shown by the dotted lines. All these moven'ients and an'angements are effected by the time the leit-hand end of K has reached the right-hand side of U. The remainder: of the movement of H-to the left causes the cigar toroll between the hand N, the roller 0, and 'the upper surface of the bed or platform K. v

- The band and wrapper, having been laid on the band N, as shown at P, fig. 1, is wrapped around the filler, and as the right-hand end of K passes to the left of U, the band N no longer supporting U,it falls into the hopper V, when the return-movement carries H to the position shown in full lines in fig. 2 and in fig. 1. Its extreme left-hand movement, together withthe position of the several parts, is shown in dotted lines in ii". 2.

The feed-movement of the band b is effected by the lifting of B", carrying 13'' with it. B impinges, during this upward movement, on the periphery of b, which is secured on the shaft of the band-roller, around which 72" is carried. The arm I) revolves loosely on the shaft of b, so that when 13" is withdrawn from b, the spring If brings the arm 7) back, until it is stopped by the ad justa ble stud b.

The movementsof the several gates or frames 1', t", i, and 13, carrying, respectively, the press for the crude tobacco, the knife R,'by which the tobacco is cut, the crib and the cover t i, 850. I

The movement to press and cut the tobacco is simply the descent and ascent of the press-bar and the knife.

The tobacco, being out off, falls into the crib Q, which is a small cylinder, the length of the longest cigar, and of sufiicient size to hold the fill for one cigar. About one-half of this cylinder is cutaway, so that the filling may fall into ilk-,the open side being upward. This cylinder is the axis with which the small pinion Q revolves. v

As soon as the tobacco has fallen into Q, the arm 5 begins to carry the sliding bar 1*, to which It, It, i 2', and it, as also k', are attached, downward, and in this movement, by means of the cam k" and-the arm k, the cover 1', 'i is carried downward, and, at the same time, is thrown or turned over upon the top of the filling in Q, pressing it into the proper form, ready to be delivered upon the band and covering for the or ar.

Whcn it has been thus prepared, the arm causes the rack Q" to descend, and this rack, acting on the pinion Q, causes the crib Q to turn over and deposit the filling on the wrapper and band N.

As soon as this has been accomplished, the cam passes the lifter I, and the spring attached to it immediately brings the lever i, the gate, and the crib Q, back to their original position.

z z is the frame of the machine.

1, the frame of the feed-roller for the band and .vrapper.

Motion maybe given to the whole machine winch on A, or by power through band-pulleys.

Fig. 4 is a sect-ion (full size) of the forming-roller 0 0'0, (spindle,) and 0 00 o, &c., small rings, cut in the figure. The journals 0 O,- the spindle O O, and the middle portion of the roller, are all one piece, while the end portions are made up of a series of rings of varying sizes, which revolve freely on the spindle O' O, by which means-the tapering portions 'of the cigars are formed and wrapped, without requiring any slipping of the surfaces in contact. The upper surface of the bed K has a form corresponding with the thin desired to be given to the cigar, which may be varied by the form of this bed and of the rings 0 o 0 0, 850'. This may serve as a description of my cigar-machine proper.

Fig; 5 is a separate machine, used for cuttlng the bands and wrappers for the cigars, from the leaf. In this figure, A is the frame; B B and B Bare the two steel knives, of the proper forms, respectively, to cut the bands and wrappers for the cigars; O is one spring, of which there are two, the other being omitted in-the figure, as are also the movable strut D, roller F, &c., but these are similar to that shown; D is a strut or bar, hinged to 0. so as to allowa free movementfrom a to a! of the roller F; E and E are the wrapper, and

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' band of the cigar, after being cut, and before being removed from theknife'.

Fig. 6 is another separate machine, used for cutting" bearin g, on which the crude tobacco is placed; 13,9. gate or frame, which carries'a bar at its lower end, which is made to press upon and hold the tobacco,--while it is being cut, by means of the hand-lever O; B is a sim ilar gate, to which the knife F is attached, and which is operated by means of the lever E, and a foot-treadle (not shown).attached to the rod G; H, the shaft of the feed-roller, which is operated by the hand-winch I; J is a small platform, hinged to the frame, immediatel y under the knife F, so as to allow it to be turned down from the position L (where'it is held by the arm K, being turned under it when desired,) to the position I], or any point, between. The object of this is to allow the filling to be out at any angle required, in order to the proper formation of the point or end of the cigar.

Having now described the construction, and partly the operation of my machine proper, and the two machines used in connection with it, I now proceed to describe the operation thereof.

The tobacco to be used for the filling of the cigars is placed upon the feed-band A, fig. 6, spread to the proper thickness. A piece of tin, of the proper width and length, turned up at its outer end, so as to form a stop for the tobacco, isplaced upon the platform or table J, and the band made to move forwardlby means of the winch I until the tobacco reaches the stop on the tin plate, (not shown,) when another plate of tin, of the proper size, is placed upon the top of the tobacco, thearm K is turned from beneath J, and J,

'with the tin plates underlying and covering the tobacco, is turned or bent down to any required angle, when, by the action of the arm or lever E, the knife F is brought down, cutting the tobacco on. :The plates which now enclose the tobacco thus cut 05 are removed, and the tobacco placed in the feed-box M,"on the band b", figs. 1, 2, and 3. The bands and wra pers are cut from the leaf, by the machine shown n fig. 5. A number of leaves is laid togetherupon 'the surface of the knives or cutters E and E ,v(the interior of which cutters have blocks fitting snugly within them, and so arranged as to move up and down freely.) The roller F and a similar one forB aremade to pass over the tobacco, the spring O giving the. required pressure to cut through all the leaves, and force the blocks down, so that another layer may be laid upon it, and cut in the same manner. When this process has been continued a suflicient time, the; blocks are lifted out of the cutters by a small lever acting on their bottom, (not shown,) and the wrappers or'bands placed on a table, ready to be placed upon the feed-bandP", fig. 1, as seen at 1". This is done by hand. The band and wrapper P' are now placed upon the feedband N, fig. 1. The machine being in motion, the feedband I)" is moved fin-ward the/required distau' by the action of B B B" B, 800., above described. T e press gate descends and clamps the tobacco, and the knife follows, cutting it off, when :it falls into the crib Q. The slide-bar i descends, carrying the cover 1'. 'i with it, and the inclined arm k, impinging upon the antifriction roller k", which is attached to the frame i causing the lower end of the arm k to press against the back of the cover it, at 7.2, fig. 2, causes the cover i i to turn over, so as to bring its concave under surface to press upon the mass of tobacco (liller) already in the crib Q. The carriage or gate i now dcscends, carrying the rack Q" down, and causing the pinion Q to revolve about one-half revolution, turning the crib Q upside down, depositing the filler upon the band N, as seen at U, iigfifl, when both the lifters I" and 1are disengaged, and the spiral springs on the v .biuation with the pulley ranged as shown and described.

two lifters at once restore the gates, crib, cover, 8m, to.their original positions. While these movements have been going on, the bed or carriage H has moved as it commences, carries the upper end of the arma toward the left, while, by the action of the spring a",

which is attached to its lower end, the lower end is kept in'the same position it originally occnpied, until. it comes in contact with an'adj ustable stop in H, when it will have about the positionshown in dotted lines at a." a, fig. 2. This motion causes the band-drum a, fig. 2, to revolve to the left, which, with the .movements previously described, brings theband N into the position shown in dotted lines in fig. 2, the cigar having been carried to the position shown at U, fig. 2,

where it is made to revolve or roll, by the combined action of the band N and the bed It, thus wrapping the band and wrapper P'- around it, after whiclrit is allowed to fall into the hopper V, finished, -while, by the return of H to its original position, all the parts of the machine, whichhave not already been restored to their original positi0n,'are brought to that position,

ready for the repetition of the same movement-s above described.

' Claims.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

' 1 1. The combination of the forming-roller ,0, O, O",

with band N and the platform K, all constructed and operating as shown and described, for the purpose set forth.

2. Operating the feeding-beltb", by means of the friction-lever B, hinged to the swinging arm b, in conib, spring 12'' and b', all ar-- -3. Alternately loosening and tightening the band N, by the combined operation of the crank-arm a, roller a, spring a", and pin 2:, as and for the purposes specified.

4. Reciprocating the platform K, by means of the 'earn 0, lever J, arms J and J', and stop j, all combined as and for the purposes set forth.

5. Thecombination of the pr'esser i, with the knit'e It, when operating as set forth, for the purposes described,

' 6. The combination of the gate i,carrying the crib Q, with the slide i carrying the cover t 1",- when operated as and for thepurposes set forth;

7. V The-arrangement of the several gates or-fi'ames the purposes described.

and the rack Q", as and for the purposes set forth. 9. .The crib Q, in combination with the detached stated.

10. Operating the hinged cover 12 i by means of the slide 0', cam-shaped lever It, pin 7:", and spring k, as and for the purposes described. v

' 11. The sliding bed H L'L', constructed as shown, in combinatiomwith the camf), platform K, band N, crib Q, and forming-roller 0, when operated as described, for the purposes specified.

' '12. The feeding-device P, when constructed, an ranged, and operated as shown and described, for the purpose set forth.

13. The apparatus for cutting wrappers, consisting, essentially, of frame A knife B block E roller F bar D and spring C all combined, arranged, and operating as shown and described.

' 14. The cigar-rnachine above described, as a whole, when its parts are all combined, arranged, and operated as shown and described.

JOHN C. HINTZ.

\Vitnesses .R. G. Purnrrs, 'L.-W. ,MATHEWSON.

carrying the pr'esser-bar, knife, crib, and its cover, with their operating-cams, levers; and springs, as shown, for

8. The crib Q, opera-ting by means of the pinion Q cover 1 i, constructed as described, for the purposes. 

